Waist girdle no. 107
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Source:
The Aziz Damdelen Collection, Kioneli (Gönneli).
Code:
233
Translator:
Euphrosyne Rizopoulou-Egoumenidou
Description:
Long and narrow waistband (uçkur/uşgur) made of silk fabric. The length is 1.66m and the width 13cm. One long side has a loom-woven selvedge (kenar dokuma), while the other side has a hem 7mm wide, formed by simple turning of the cloth and sewing it with the sewing machine. The same turned-over hem is found on the narrow sides. Both ends are embroidered with silk threads in floral designs. They consist of two flowers in bright pink colour, yellow stem and centre, and beige leaves with black outline. Between these two flowers are three minute flowers, a yellow one in the middle and two in pink, one above and one below. The same pattern is repeated on both ends, but on one end the two small flowers are embroidered with red (kırmızı) thread.
Bibliography:
Rizopoulou - Egoumenidou, E. and Damdelen, A., 2012, Aziz Damdelen, Turkish Cypriot dress The Aziz Damdelen Collection, Nicosia, 232.